Representations of Children and Success in Asia: Dream Chasers (Children's Literature and Culture)

By: Sue Chen, Shih-Wen and Wen Lau, Sin

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Synopsis: This edited volume explores how success is conceptualized and represented in texts for young people in Asia. The essays in this collection examine how success for children relates to education, family, gender, race, class, community, and the nation. It answers the following questions: How is success for children represented in literature, cinema, and popular media? In what ways are these images grounded in the historical, political, and cultural contexts in which they are produced and consumed? How does childhood agency influence ideas about success in Asia? Highlighting the similarities and differences in how success is defined for children and young adults in Japan, South Korea, People’s Republic of China, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Vietnam, and India, this volume argues that success is an important keyword in the literary and cultural study of childhood in Asia.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 262 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000624533
Related ISBNs:: 9781032293813, 9781032293806, 9781003301370
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 09/28/22
Copyrighted By:: selection and editorial matter, Shih-Wen Sue Chen and Sin Wen Lau
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Shih-Wen Sue Chen
Edited by:: Sin Wen Lau